The Patriot Printer is a seven minute video that dramatizes Isaiah Thomas s (1749-1831) publication of the May 3, 1775, issue of his newspaper The Massachusetts Spy. In this issue is Thomas s eye witness account of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The film describes in detail this document and you may want to share with your students this facsimile of the actual newspaper as well as this transcription of the story describing the battles of Lexington and Concord.


























